Udupi District reports first COVID-19 death; man who returned from Mumbai succumbs to virus
Udupi: In what is reportedly the first case of COVID-19 death in Udupi District, a man who arrived in the District from Mumbai, Maharashtra has succumbed to the virus at the KMC Hospital in Manipal. The person reportedly arrived in the District on May 13 and was sent to quarantine, after he complained of illness the patient was shifted to hospital for treatment.
Failing to respond to the treatment the person breathed his last on May 14, evening. Due to the travel history of the patient his throat swab samples were sent for COVID-19 testing after his death which has now returned positive for the virus. The information was shared by Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh.
Five people including the patient’s wife and two children have now been sent to quarantine at the SDM quarantine centre in Udyawar, the Deputy Commissioner further informed.
Apart from his family, 57 of his primary contacts and 37 secondary contacts who came in his contact at the Kundapur Quarantine Centre are also under observation at the quarantine centre, the DC said.
The DC also clarified that all the doctors and nurses at Kundapur and Manipal Hospital were using PPE and other precautionary measures were undertaken by the health workers while treating the patient. He however added that three hospital staffs of Manipal KMC have been sent to quarantine.
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Bus overturns in Baba Budangiri: One dead, 30 of a family injured
A tourist mini-bus overturned at Manikyadhara near Baba Budangiri in Chikkamagaluru leaving a boy dead and 30 injured on Sunday.
The family of tourists, hailing from Adivala village of Hiriyur in Chitradurga, was visiting Mullayyana Giri and Baba Budangiri in a mini-bus. When they were on the way to Baba Budangiri, after a picnic at Manikyadhara, the driver of the bus lost control at a turn and the vehicle rolled down a slope into a small ditch. Among the injured passengers, a boy who was taken to the District hospital in a critical condition, didn’t respond to any treatment and succumbed to his injuries later. More than 30 injured, including men, women and children, are being treated at the hospital.
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Locals, police and other tourists helped in the rescue of the accident victims who were stuck inside the overturned mini-bus. They were taken to the hospital at Chikkamagaluru city in various ambulances. Rural police have registered a case in this regard.
